Saturday, April 21, 2018

Chemical weapons experts collect samples from Syrian city

International chemical weapons inspectors retrieved samples Saturday from a Syrian town two weeks after the suspected attack.

The fact-finding team from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons left Damascus for the nearby town of Douma. In a release, OPCW said the samples collected will be transported to its lab in Rijswijk, Netherlands, and then dispatched to the OPCW's designated labs for further analysis.

The OPCW, which has been investigating use of toxic chemicals in Syria's civil war since 2014, said it will decide whether to return to Douma for additional samples. Its report will be submitted to the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention.
(UPI)
21/4/17